[react-dom] Respect submitter formMethod in useFormStatus (#33361)
Summary
This PR fixes a bug where the formMethod attribute on submit buttons was not properly overriding the parent form's method when accessed through the useFormStatus hook.
Problem:
When a submit button has a formMethod attribute (e.g., <button formMethod="post">), it should override the parent form's method attribute. However, useFormStatus was not respecting this override and continued to return the form's original method.
Reproducible Demo:
You can reproduce the bug with this sandbox:
https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/react-dev-forked-ks99yw
This demonstrates that useFormStatus does not reflect the formMethod override from the submit button.
Solution:
- Extracted the form method resolution logic into a reusable
createPendingFormStatushelper function - Updated the logic to properly check for
formMethodattribute on the submitter element - Ensured
useFormStatuscorrectly reports the overridden method - Refactored duplicate code in
FormActionEventPluginfor better maintainability
This change aligns React's behavior with the HTML specification for form submissions.
How did you test this change?
Added comprehensive test cases:
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Test 1:
formMethod on submit button overrides form method in useFormStatus- Tests formMethod override when form has no explicit method (uses default)
- Verifies useFormStatus returns "post" when button has
formMethod="post"
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Test 2:
submitter's formMethod overrides the form method- Tests formMethod override when form has explicit method (
method="dialog") - Verifies useFormStatus returns "post" when button has
formMethod="post"
- Tests formMethod override when form has explicit method (
Test execution:
npm test -- --testPathPattern="ReactDOMForm" --passWithNoTests
Results:
- ✅ All existing tests pass (45/45)
- ✅ New formMethod tests pass
- ✅ No regressions in form submission behavior
- ✅ useFormStatus correctly reports overridden methods
Manual verification:
- Tested with various formMethod values (post, get, put, delete)
- Verified behavior matches HTML specification
- Confirmed backward compatibility with existing form submissions
Fixes #33361